Dasaria
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Dasaria is a human-centric, medium-magic roleplay and story-driven Dungeons & Dragons
campaign setting
that became an online persistent world
using the Neverwinter Nights
client in 2002, and again using the Neverwinter Nights 2
client in 2006.
taking place in a kingdom of the same name. It is a human centric world that leaves many concepts, such as large-scale geography and definite cosmology
, only vaguely defined.
The Kingdom of Dasaria was founded by its first king, Siril. Since its birth as an organized nation, the kingdom fought a long and bloody war with the stronger and larger Empire of Varana, an antagonistic sovereignty to the far west of Dasaria. The war between these two nations was the focal point of the setting's campaign for most of its lifespan.
s to migrate from its original PnP
campaign setting to the Neverwinter Nights
game client, having done so in 2002. From 2002 to 2006, the gameworld was open to players using this client, leaving the course of its campaign largely decided by its community.
In October 2006, Dasaria 2 was opened to the public as an open beta on the Neverwinter Nights 2
client, which was also released just days before. This incarnation of the gameworld advanced the setting fifty years into the future, and dictated that the war between Dasaria and Varana had been ended in a brute-force takeover by the latter nation. In this setting, the Kingdom of Dasaria is now a mere province of the dominant Empire of Varana, its citizens generally oppressed by their far more strict and bureaucratic new leaders.
Members of the Dasaria 2 Builder Team were again interviewed on Episode 132 of to NWN Podcast, airing in January 2011.
Dungeons & Dragons
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campaign setting
Campaign setting
A campaign setting is usually a fictional world which serves as a setting for a role-playing game or wargame campaign. A campaign is a series of individual adventures, and a campaign setting is the world in which such adventures and campaigns take place...
that became an online persistent world
Persistent world
A persistent world is a virtual world that continues to exist even after a user exits the world and that user-made changes to its state are, to some extent, permanent...
using the Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights , produced by BioWare and published by Infogrames , is a third-person perspective computer role-playing game that is based on third edition Dungeons & Dragons and Forgotten Realms rules. It was originally to be published by Interplay Entertainment, but the publisher's financial...
client in 2002, and again using the Neverwinter Nights 2
Neverwinter Nights 2
Neverwinter Nights 2 is a computer role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Atari. It is the sequel to BioWare's Neverwinter Nights, based on the Dungeons & Dragons pencil and paper fantasy role-playing game...
client in 2006.
The Setting
Dasaria began as a low-magic D&D campaign settingCampaign setting
A campaign setting is usually a fictional world which serves as a setting for a role-playing game or wargame campaign. A campaign is a series of individual adventures, and a campaign setting is the world in which such adventures and campaigns take place...
taking place in a kingdom of the same name. It is a human centric world that leaves many concepts, such as large-scale geography and definite cosmology
Cosmology
Cosmology is the discipline that deals with the nature of the Universe as a whole. Cosmologists seek to understand the origin, evolution, structure, and ultimate fate of the Universe at large, as well as the natural laws that keep it in order...
, only vaguely defined.
The Kingdom of Dasaria was founded by its first king, Siril. Since its birth as an organized nation, the kingdom fought a long and bloody war with the stronger and larger Empire of Varana, an antagonistic sovereignty to the far west of Dasaria. The war between these two nations was the focal point of the setting's campaign for most of its lifespan.
On the Neverwinter Nights and Neverwinter Nights 2 Clients
Dasaria was one of the first Persistent worldPersistent world
A persistent world is a virtual world that continues to exist even after a user exits the world and that user-made changes to its state are, to some extent, permanent...
s to migrate from its original PnP
PNP
-Science and technology:* Legacy Plug and Play or PnP, an ISA bus extension, a special case of Plug and play* Principles and parameters, a linguistics framework* PNP, a type of Bipolar junction transistor...
campaign setting to the Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights , produced by BioWare and published by Infogrames , is a third-person perspective computer role-playing game that is based on third edition Dungeons & Dragons and Forgotten Realms rules. It was originally to be published by Interplay Entertainment, but the publisher's financial...
game client, having done so in 2002. From 2002 to 2006, the gameworld was open to players using this client, leaving the course of its campaign largely decided by its community.
In October 2006, Dasaria 2 was opened to the public as an open beta on the Neverwinter Nights 2
Neverwinter Nights 2
Neverwinter Nights 2 is a computer role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Atari. It is the sequel to BioWare's Neverwinter Nights, based on the Dungeons & Dragons pencil and paper fantasy role-playing game...
client, which was also released just days before. This incarnation of the gameworld advanced the setting fifty years into the future, and dictated that the war between Dasaria and Varana had been ended in a brute-force takeover by the latter nation. In this setting, the Kingdom of Dasaria is now a mere province of the dominant Empire of Varana, its citizens generally oppressed by their far more strict and bureaucratic new leaders.
Neverwinter Nights 2 Vault Hall of Fame
Dasaria 2 was among the first inductees into the Neverwinter Nights 2 Vault Hall of Fame. It retained the highest position on the Vault's list of Top Gameworlds for months, and as of August 2009 it holds the 16th position on the same list, with a score of 9.62/10.00.NWN Podcast
Members of the Dasaria 2 Builder Team were interviewed by NWN Podcast on March 16, 2007.Members of the Dasaria 2 Builder Team were again interviewed on Episode 132 of to NWN Podcast, airing in January 2011.